Hey,

Putting a motor into a automatic car. I know NOTHING about autos.

With crank pulley and flex plate on, out of the car, motor turns by hand fine.

With motor assembly bolted and torqued to the trans with the 4 motor to trans bolts, you cannot turn the motor by hand. Like not at all.

If you loosen those four bolts about a quarter inch, you can turn motor by hand. Was able to install the four flex plate bolts this way.

Torque converter turns freely without motor, and turns freely bolted to motor as long as those four mounting bolts are loose.

Flex plate is installed with the welds towards the trans.

Thanks,

Tim Klein